The mastering of the midfield has been a fascination for managers past and present, the centre-piece of a successful side and the area where domination is so often translated into tangible results.

November 29th, 2010,marked the utter humiliation and destruction of Florentino Pérez’s New Galacticos at the Camp Nou. It was the greatest defeat ever suffered by José Mourihno as a manager and marks ...

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If a team achieves success, others copy. Barcelona's tiki-taka philosophy, resurrected by Pep Guardiola during his tenure as Barca boss, has been idolised by many a manager, but who has taken the bold ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP)The Morocco players fell back on defense and patiently watched as Spain kept passing the ball around midfield during their round of 16 match at the World Cup. Side to side, from one ...

Spain’s run of 136 competitive games with more possession than their rival — going back 16 years to the 2008 European Championship final — has finally come to an end. Croatia had 53 per cent of the ...

In director Adhaar Khurana’s rehearsal room, actors take a break as he sketches on a piece of paper, much like a coach, the “tiki taka"game play associated with the Spanish national football team to ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Morocco players fell back on defense and patiently watched as Spain kept passing the ball around midfield during their round of 16 match at the World Cup. Side to side, from one ...